Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
how long; how far; how much
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
now; the present time; just now; another; more